Anime Jam Session
Anime Jam Session is a 90+ minute weekly podcast hosted by DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, Ari Rockefeller, along with other amazing staffers! Join them as each week they discuss anime, games, conventions, the fandom, geek stuff, and everything in between, as well with their each unique take on the topics at hand! This podcast is streamed live on Twitch.tv (twitch.tv/animejamsession), as well as hosted weekly on VOG Network (www.vognetwork.com). Tuesdays at 9:30PM EST! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support
Yamcha get's dunked on! Also, seiyu Masahiro Anzai passes, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie is in full production, anime and Japanese racing collabs, and Super Nintendo World is open! Meanwhile in Japan, a Coca-Cola subscription service, Tokyo Olympics ban foreigners, and advanced technology turns taxi windows into ad galleries, wow!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn today's special episode, Demon Slayer wins Japan's Academy Film prizes, including Animation of the Year, the Banana Fish manga gets a stage play, and Netflix signs a long term contract with Japanese studio for visual effects! Meanwhile in Japan, Tokyo Olympics ceremony chief resigns over remarks about Naomi Watanabe's weight... And she also puts a out a statement in regards to those remarks, and a Japanese sake brewery launches a special sake in honor of the LGBTQ+ community!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportVertical and Kodansha US merge together, former MythBusters Kari Byron is now busting anime myths, and the final Evangelion film hits 800 million yen! Also, recording artist Yoshiki receives the Japanese Medal of Honor, a new Record of Lodoss War mobile game, and a LARPer who could not take no for answer when it comes to someone else's girlfriend! Meanwhile in Japan, fried noodles in an elementary school were so hard it send kids and teachers to the hospital, the ban on plastics continue with spoons and forks, some elementary school forbid underclothes during PE, and new capsule toys that are plush fried foods!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportWe get a COVID convention update, plus we get an update on the Otakon fundraiser! Also, Hatsune Miku anime is coming our way, along with news of a Spirited Away stage play, and RetroCrush adds Ronin Warriors/ Yoroiden Samurai Troopers to it's lineup! Meanwhile in Japan, woman who won a ruling against the NHK, now has to pay, a man is arrested for sending death threats to Square Enix, and frogs trick police into a false puppy rescue?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportWe have another Hot Take, and it's on the Dark Side of Cosplay! Join the hosts as they discuss some of the stuff they've dealt with while cosplaying, and has it changed their views on cosplaying. Also, 15th Annual Seiyu Awards happened, and we tell you who got the "lifetime" achievements! Plus, DJ Ranma S discusses The Anime Awards for 2021, and were they rigged? We find out that 蜡笔小新 Crayon Shin Chan game is coming to Nintendo Switch, and Hatsune Miku collaborates with Pusheen! Meanwhile in Japan, a company holds socially distanced sauna events, a leader of a political party that refuses to pay the NHK, is forced to pay the NHK, and a follow up from a story from 4 years ago... Girl sues school over dyeing her hair, and the verdict is in!
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Funimation hit with lawsuit about it's website not being ADA-compliant, Japanese politician in trouble for using Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba type designs on campaign posters, and Neko Oikawa was scammed out of Neon Genesis Evangelion royalties. Also, Levi's and Pokémon team up for fashion, Super Milk-chan is back, and we find out with episode of Detective Conan is being remade! Meanwhile in Japan, hotel rooms about the price of ramen, Japanese COVID tracing apps aren't working, and man leaves horrible job, only to get horrible letter from company?!
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On tonight's show... DJ Ranma S hits us with a Hot Take on cosplay and what's going on with Japanese copyright laws. Plus, five anime films are eligible for Academy Awards, did your favorite make the list? Also, Otakon reaches out to the fans for help, Toei Animation refuses to refuses labor negotiations with LGBT union member, and Fruits Basket gets ready for it's final season. Meanwhile in Japan, police officer forgets gun in bathroom, Tenga wants to create a toy for outer space, a bar just for people to drink alone, and a guesthouse owner slashes guest over the strangest reason...
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And we're back from break! Join the hosts as they discuss Evangelion movie updates, Puella Magi Madoka Magica anniversary plans, and Pokémon's 25th with Katy Perry, along with a record breaking sale of a sealed booster pack! Also, Super Nintendo World opening is delayed, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid season two, and Pokémon Popsicle fraud? Meanwhile in Japan... Foo Fighters sake, world record for crane games, serial toilet thief caught, and hackers to protect the Olympic Games?
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It's our Christmas special! Join DJ Ranma S, Mako-chan, WildSpice Cosplay, IchigoGami, and Yunie as they discuss and trade holiday stories! Also tonight, is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba about to overtake Spirited Away in Japan's Box Office? Plus, Ohio lawmakers attempt to change college curriculum over an anime textbook? Detective Conan special episode remake, Funimation app on Nintendo Switch , and top five Christmas anime episodes? Meanwhile in Japan, Tenga unloads it's biggest gift ever, Pokémon ice cream for New Year's celebration, and a Godzilla Christmas tree?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn this week's podcast, ex-Gainax President sentenced to jail, a new hockey anime, Puraore Pride of Orange is announced, and Kyoto Animation arsonist indicted. Also, Disney Star Wars anime shorts, Sony - Funimation buys Crunchyroll, and Sailor Moon super poll reveals most popular character! Meanwhile in Japan, elderly woman arrested for supermarket fraud, pumpkin tempura slip and fall lawsuit, alcoholic soup in a can on sale, and an idol otaku arrested for bomb threat over thrown out merch...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportDJ Ranma S brings his Hot Take on Anime Dallas, and it's gonna be pretty wild! Also, get ready for Pokeball proplicas, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba selling out all over Japan, Deadpool: Samurai manga, and Love Live School Idol Project hit PS4 next year! Meanwhile in Japan, a postal manager fired for embezzling stamps, gamer chiropractic treatments to improve performance, and man finds a surprise after checking up on girlfriend in the bath?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportWe pay honor to voice actor Kirby Morrow... Also, updated casting for live action Cowboy Bebop, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba soars high in Japanese theaters! Plus, Pokémon teases something big for it's 25th, The Animaniacs show their love for anime, and TMS Entertainment teases Lupin III 50th anniversary project! Meanwhile in Japan, a woman drives through a store for a bathroom, a face mask distributor is trapped in a sex shop for 11 hours, a pileup on a sushi conveyor belt causes chaos, and a talent scout tries to recruit the wrong woman...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Two more voice actors called out for harassment, actor Akira Kubodera passes away, the results of the NHK WORLD-JAPAN Sailor Moon poll, Studio Ghibli's CGI film has a release date, and BABYMETAL's first Kohaku music contest! Also, Hatsune Miku Expo launches Kickstarter, and the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind kabuki play comes to home video! Meanwhile in Japan, head of kindergarten arrested for spitting on students, police hide in a shrine to stop a theft, English ad has some people saying to stay infected, and a teen tells off a mugger with a gun?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportKyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション wins a diversity award, Attack on Titan gets the full color manga treatment, and a solo Macross Frontier concert! Also, an interactive Twitter based manga with multiple endings, Tamashii Nations／ Bandai Spirits Collectors Toy Department event goes virtual, and legendary composer Kanno Yoko to create music for Takarazuka Revue 宝塚歌劇! Meanwhile in Japan, a head of kindergarten arrested for spitting on students in his way, cyberpunk meets Kimono fashion in Akihabara, Japanese mayor “Jo Baiden” becomes famous after our election, and a spike in empty houses calling the fire department in Akita City baffles authorities?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportSan Diego Comic Convention skips selling 2021 badges, Sony is steps away from buying Crunchyroll, and Rumiko Takahashi is honored with an award in Japan! Plus, Japanese actors union to set up mental health services for actors and voice actors! Meanwhile in Japan, a man is arrested for stealing piano covers (why?!), a school closes and a student has to transfer to a new one 200 km away, man in a monkey mask is arrested, and the police search for a police dog that ran away during a search?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportBanG Dream's Afterglow to livestream their concert, Anime NYC goes virtual, and Lupin III gets a perfect score from Rotten Tomatoes! Also, new compilation film for Space Battleship Yamato, Saber Marionette is re-released on blu-ray, and VIZ Media pulls free anime from their site... Meanwhile in Japan, man goes on first date with girl and her entire family, company asks customers to stop making alcohol with their wash tubs, student is locked in a train station due to potty break, and make gin from 80 thousand cans of Budweiser!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportUpdates on Los Angeles Comic Con and Youmacon... Also, another voice actor caught with his pants down, literally! Upcoming Digimon RPG delayed, NHK's mega poll is Sailor Moon themed, Kizuna AI（official） announces a free concert, Evangelion teams up with teddy bears, and the Sailor Moon Eternal trailer has been released! Meanwhile in Japan, new restaurant policy allows you to take food home, Yakuza banned from giving out Halloween candy, teacher busted for hiding a student shoes and then some,and why are Japanese Kit Kats shrinking?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportLove Live School Idol Project comes to PS4 and a new single/AMV! Also, new DiGi Charat art book, first 3 Neon Genesis Evangelion 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン get the 4D treatment, plus Studio Khara assures of no 6 hour film. Plus, a Pokémon short about SirFetchd, Mamoru Oshii plays himself in a film, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gets a US date! Meanwhile in Japan, and officer caught downloading porn from suspects phone, a boy is assaulted by an old man with a wrestling move, and a highschooler assumes another's identity for 6 months, hijacks ensued!
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Create your own Shonen Jump character! Also, anime crowdfunding, check out the Joestar Souls at the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) event, and singer LiSA previews her new album! And Momoiro Clover Z is back with a new song for the Sailor Moon Crystal films! Meanwhile in Japan, a man find another man sleeping in his bed, another guy cleared of theft of a bike because he borrowed it, another guy arrested for stealing fake money, and a yandere girl sneaks into ex-boyfriend's house and cooks for him?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportDJ Ranma S gives his Hot Take on the Crunchyroll Expo's masquerade! Also final season of Fruits Basket, Demon Slayer kabuki expo, live-action Yakuza in the works from SEGA, and a wacky, yet very popular Ruby Kurosawa video! Plus, Los Angeles Comic Con moves ahead with show and extra measures, where to watch YashaHime, and a twitter user reunites with lost lost figure from 16 years ago! Meanwhile in Japan, a wife begins writing daily list on why she shouldn't murder her husband, the government is phasing out fax machines, paper documents, and personal seals, a new alcohol popsicle that hasn't been banned for children, and a woman sues company after working 48 days in a row with limited bathroom breaks?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportA Sailor Moon exhibit in Italy, Jump Festa and Ohayocon go digital, and we get the OP theme for Yashahime! Plus, Yoh is cast in Shaman King, Pokémon Company owns up on Porygon, Nintendo announces Super Mario Bros movie date, and a sushi chain finally changes a meal name due to obvious reasons... Meanwhile in Japan, restaurants and bars staffed by JAV actors and actresses, a vending machine with reverse advertising, and an elder idol group helps to prevent fires?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportWe have three more cons postpone due to COVID-19. Also, live action Hellsing from the writer of John Wick, Hello Kitty gets the Hollywood treatment, and one voice actress goes from Love Live School Idol Project to another idol anime series! Plus, The Devil Is a Part-Timer gets a season 2, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba along with Pretty Cure get the Happy Meal treatment from McDonald's Japan! Meanwhile in Japan, we find out who may have been writing all of those love letter capsule toys, a gamer's mom snipes her son's gaming skills, and Naomi Watanabe is coming to NYC!
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We're back from vacation and we bring you two weeks of positive things! First we discuss COVID-19 and the impact on cons... Then great news about Amamiya Sora, Aqua from Konosuba! Also, T.M. Revolution's marriage, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon's Sailor Mars, aka Kitagawa Keiko is a mom, Naomi Watanabe as Zirconia in Sailor Moon Eternal films! Plus, new Shenmue anime, new Love Live series, and Hatsune Miku as a Corona countermeasure spokesperson! Meanwhile in Japan, a panty thief gets surprise after arrest, cops search for a man who peed himself, another man arrested for late return of a rental car, and another guy arrested to peeing in beer cans?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportA couple of Hot Takes on COVID-19 and conventions situation... Also, One Piece winds down (but not yet), Piko Taro and Pokémon collaborate, Magia Record shuts down, and Dragon Ball Z fashion that tells people to get back to work! And Meanwhile in Japan, a teacher apologies for peeing on a student, man arrested for groping a woman and says he will only talk to female officers, and Tenga dumbbells?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportTwo more virtual conventions, bias in the industry, a petition to add content warnings in Weekly Shônen Jump, and Free: Iwatobi Swim Club gets a movie! Also, Assassination Classroom hits Toonami, and LEGO Naruto? Meanwhile in Japan, one man arrested due to COVID-19, another arrested for throwing urine, and teens arrested over a stolen bike?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThe downfall of KissAnime and KissManga, what happened! Also, we pay tribute to seiyuu Tetsuya Watari, updated info on New York Comic Con and Anime NYC, and AT&T offloading Crunchyroll? Plus, Attack on Titan inspired cafe, and Sonic The Hedgehog gets a refurbished statue! Meanwhile in Japan, another Pokémon GO fight, woman finds the remains of her brother at home, noodle event that you can't eat, and playing porn in a public bathroom?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportA Special episode of Anime Jam Session! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, IchigoGami, and WildSpice Cosplay for a special Webcon_2020 panel live! We've gathered some great articles tonight! We're talking Crunchyroll, Youmacon, Cells at Work, niconico(ニコニコ動画), and then some! Plus we culled our tamer Meanwhile in Japan articles, so you'll be hearing about amusement parks, Nintendo Switch, and a rapper in an apartment!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThe hosts have a Hot Take about cosplay meetups... WHY ARE THEY HAPPENING?! Also seiyuus participate in a racing event, Aggretsuko has an idol star, life size Gundam! ready to go, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid season 3! Plus Act Age manga cancelled after an arrest, and The League of Conventions! Meanwhile in Japan, sumo wrestlers run away from a dorm, an arrest in the upskirt photography incident, and a girl uses her game system to call for help after a kidnapping!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportKicking things off with Ranma's Hot Take on Butch Hartman's commissioned drawing of Girl Type Ranma Saotome! Plus more on Sonic The Hedgehog movie, possible horror game between Hideo Kojima (小島秀夫 and Junji Ito? Also, Hideo Kojima judges in the Venice Film Festival, Attack on Titan promotion with sake, Shining Moon Tokyo - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon cafe closes, and limited edition Gundarium Mobile Suit Gundam kits go on sale! Meanwhile in Japan, one man arrested for spreading false idol rumors, another is arrested for writing on public toilets, and a university member busted for printing porn collection at work?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportUsagi Yojimbo comes to Netflix! Also, new Love Live series is titled, man arrested for threatening Kodansha staff, Kamen rider Zero One gets anime spinoff! Plus new Cardcaptor Sakura puzzle game, and the dub cast is announced for CG Lupin The 3rd! Meanwhile in Japan, Update on obscenity charge on vagina kayak, voice actress ASMR fart, and another voice actress announces marriage and her fans throw her stuff out?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportSuper rare Pokémon card fetches top dollar at auction, life sized Mobile Suit Gundam in Shanghai, ComicMarket コミックマーケット moves winter show to 2021, and 株式会社 円谷プロダクション (Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.) wins lawsuit against Chinese firm. Also Pop Team Epic gets a mecha, and the Mayor of Houston shuts down all conventions for the year! Meanwhile in Japan, one mom takes out guy who groped her daughter, another mom praises son for Pokemon notes, and buying stuff from a vending machine with your face?
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On tonight's show... Battle Athletes Daiundōkai. (Battle Athletes Victory) gets a reboot! Also Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション streams memorial video, Dark Horse Comics cut ties with Editor in Chief over sexual assault allegations... Japanese live entertainment drops by 70%, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba hits the big screen, and Cowboy Bebop and Power Rangers get the go ahead to resume filming! Meanwhile in Japan, crowdfunding for local kart racing company gets blue shelled, man arrested again for slashing women's tires, and NHK WORLD-JAPAN loses court cases over non-payment of fees...
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We discuss best and worse anime dads on Geek Roundtable. Also, Crunchyroll Expo goes virtual, first look into Studio Ghibli's CG film, new Transformers series is delayed, Free Comic Book Day is extended for a month, updates on new InuYasha spinoff, Yashahime, and new Sailor Moon movies delayed. Meanwhile in Japan, man pays bill with sex toy, art gallery encourages theft, bento shop staffer punished, and anime condoms?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, NHK WORLD-JAPAN apologizes over it's racial cartoon, Discotek Media asks the fans for help in finding anime, and variety show comedians become anime characters! In the world of cons, Funimation announces 1st round of panels, Anime Expo® hosts anisong concert, Otakon goes virtual, and what happened when a con opens up to the public in Florida? Meanwhile in Japan, IKEA opens shop in Harajuku, a store in Japan stops greeting customers and shoppers are enthralled, UNIQLO hands out gifts to customers, and crowdfunding to save a go kart service?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Warner Bros. Entertainment Japan streams their "Stay Connected" anime panel, Toei Animation announces the winners of their anime pitch panel, and San Japan's chair resigns after his POC rants. Also, Tokusatsu stars join together for an online performance, rapper Lotus Juice speaks out for #BLM, and updates on live action Cowboy Bebop, and mixed thoughts on it! Meanwhile in Japan, local zoo sell beaver gnawed jeans to raise money, woman arrested for cyberstalking, and full scale CUP NOODLES!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... The KyoAni arsonist is formally arrested, Sonic The Hedgehog gets a sequel, Freddie Mercury's The Great Pretender is used for the anime, The Great Pretender! Ghost In The Shell manga gets a VR Noh stage play, Aniplex hosts an online convention, and Wantanabe Mayu retires from voice acting. Meanwhile in Japan, teenager solicits the wrong woman, politicians want to make walking while looking at your phone illegal, and learn English with toilet humor!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we talk a bit of voice acting on Geek Roundtable! Also, Netflix streams Cardcaptor Sakura, Earthbound the manga, a paper company files for bankruptcy after ComicMarket コミックマーケット cancels. Plus, get ready for Anime Expo® Lite, cosmetic company sponsors anime music video ad, and the US government catches Pokémon bootlegs! Meanwhile in Japan, a perv hunter in it for the money, Tenga releases video chat backgrounds, and a jilted woman sends 1000 kilograms of onions to her ex?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, Anime Central goes virtual, Animal Crossing manga, the Yoshiki / Marilyn Manson collaboration... New Love Live School Idol Project reveals for the upcoming anime, NHK WORLD-JAPAN reveals results of new Neon Genesis Evangelion poll, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba hits final chapter! Meanwhile in Japan, company bans an intercourse style due to safety concerns, and a 90 year old gamer breaks world record!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, more shenanigans with Geek Roundtable! Also... Golgo 13 goes on hiatus, InuYasha spinoff series, Comic-Con International brings us "Comic-Con @ Home" virtual event, and Cells at Work helps fight COVID-19 with inspired artwork! Meanwhile in Japan: Golden Week Edition, Piko Taro discusses internet trolls, snack maker rewards customer for incorrect packaging, and cyborg and robotic avatars by 2050?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Tons of Funimation news! A virtual con, NIS America, Inc. titles added to stream, and a home anime club with Kodansha Comics! Also, the Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション building is demolished, Shōnen Jump seeks its next manga star, Transformers prequel in the works, and an Asuka Langley themed guitar! Meanwhile in Japan, a university gives all students grant to offset cost of digital classes, swimsuit models hold online drinking parties to encourage fans to stay home, and a comedian invents machine to help get you out of unwanted video chats?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportA LOT of Sailor Moon news! New trailer, a sneak peek of the original anime scripts, episodes on YouTube! Also, anime and gaming backgrounds for your conference calls... Kodansha Comics brings manga to Nintendo Switch, and One Punch Man goes to Hollywood! Meanwhile in Japan, Buddhist Monk covers Bob Marley, stay at home poop tour, and what's the incentive of a employee only capsule machine?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportSquad up! Mako-chan is back, and we're gonna be running at full throttle! We're gonna ask her about being an anime fan in the 90s too! Then the Geek Roundtable brings us cosplaying during that time! Also, Paranoia Agent is back on Adult Swim, Tamagotchi teams up with Neon Genesis Evangelion 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, the passing of another voice actor, and Hatsune Miku stars in a Stay At Home Special! Meanwhile in Japan, new Pokémon Gen 2 shirts, flower cutting to keep people inside, and a new invisible dessert?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we have the squad with us! As we discuss Geek Roundtable, the cost of buying anime in the 90s... Meanwhile in Japan, boss punches employee for not staying home, pre-orders for LEGO Super Mario collection, and apartments for single people and their cats?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, it's the awesome foursome with another geek roundtable! Also, VIZ Media Europe becomes Crunchyroll Europe, new Tokyo Mew Mew and Digimon animes, and Netflix adds the rest of the 1986 classic anime, Saint Seiya! My Hero Academia is renewed, more Tiger & Bunny, and back with more Love Live School Idol Project controversy... Meanwhile in Japan, a teacher suspended for slapping and kicking student, a robber makes woman feed him, gives her masks in return, and a homemade instant rice from an ancient recipe...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportWe're kinda stuck indoors, so we're chilling out tonight, so join the hosts on how we're coping! Also tonight, Love Live School Idol Project auditions! One Piece heads to Netflix, Funimation adds Rurouni Kenshin to their lineup, Sonic The Hedgehog hits early video release, and season 2 of Cells at Work! Meanwhile in Japan, the Olympics are delayed, a cosplayer finding hard to renew license, and a police box as a love hotel?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportIt's TED Talk Time! Join the hosts as the talk about what happened with Zenkaikon, the views of the congoers, and how we the hosts are dealing with COVID-19, and how these events are effecting you and everyone around you. Later on the show, we discuss more canceled events and more issues with Interspecies Reviewers... Baseball anime and Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション releases titles to watch free online! Meanwhile in Japan, a store curses toilet paper to protect from theft, students hold graduation ceremony in Minecraft, and a Japanese adult video company releases 200 free movies online and the server crashes?!
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... More ways to keep boredom at bay when you're dealing with #coronavirus shutdowns, The iDOLM@STER アイドルマスター seiyuu Shiki Aoki comes out as a transgender man, why Hayao Miyazaki released Studio Ghibli titles on Netflix... Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World season 2 delayed, but we get season 5 of Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma and Tenchi Muyo! New group in BanG Dream 少女樂團派對, and Castlevania controversy? Meanwhile in Japan... Mastubatory aides running low, more disturbing Little Sister capsule toys, and no more cherry blossom picnics? Government says please stop...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's episode... Mako-chan gives us an update on the Coronavirus, and the impact on the fandom and events in Japan, Shōnen Sunday helps with publishing digital back issues for free, CLAMP joins forces with Netflix, and sad news from Studio Trigger... Ultraman makes his way to Marvel Comics, more info on Sailor Moon: Prism on Ice, the everlasting trauma of Robotech on fans, Ishuzoku Reviewers gets an ally, and... Cosplayers for Bernie Sanders? Meanwhile in Japan, dark ale made with crickets... Cat real estate agency allows you to live with cats... And cat diapers?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportIshuzoku Reviewers gets kicked off ANOTHER network! Also, what's the hullabaloo with Takami Chika's uniform and ambassadorship? New Transformers trilogy from Netflix, Sailor Moon ice skating show, Studio Ghibli OSTs on streaming sites, a moment of silence for Elyce Rosenstein, co-creator of the first Star Trek convention, a Nezuko cosplayer out of the loop of a joke at Katsucon, and should anime be more politically correct to overseas fans? Meanwhile in Japan, an idol stalker says he would do everything he could for her, bubble tea and cats at newest cafe, and we jump to the UK to figure out, what is curry and why are the Japanese there annoyed by it?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... It's Katsucon 2020! Join IchigoGami and WildSpice Cosplay as they discuss with DJ Ranma S the con as a whole! Then after that on Meanwhile in Japan, new capsule hotels that are tech oriented, have your car smell like a high school girl with new air freshener, and a shop clerk takes to twitter to plead with customers to calm down and stop abusing workers for masks being out of stock?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Dragon Ball Z Abridged comes to an end, Castlevania gets a season 3, Toonami goes 3 hours, and Netflix has Resident Evil listed... Also, Sanrio x Digimon crossover, Miyazaki exhibit at the Oscars museum, Denzel Curry accused of tracing, and My Hero Academia has a new new name for a villain! Meanwhile in Japan... Stronger urinals made to combat wanton destruction, Egashira's channel denied for ad revenue, and Japan railways introduces anti-groper app for phones?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight show... A controversial name change in My Hero Academia, Funimation removes Interspecies Reviers, and holy cow the fallout! Another Hello Kitty crossover, now with Kamen Rider Decade! Dark Horse Comics releases hardcover Hellsing manga, live action One Piece, Naomi Watanabe in Doreamon movie, new info on Ghost in the Shell anime, and casting for new Love Live anime! Meanwhile in Japan... Butthole calligraphy kicks off comedians YouTube channel... Love doll funeral service... Japanese police officers keep forgetting their guns in public restrooms?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We ask Mako-chan the Hot Topic question about ahegao clothing, as more cons look to ban the clothing! Also, new opening and ending themes for Mashin Sentai Kiramager, Netflix adds Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolved, Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight the movie, disgraced voice acter Vic continues to maintain his innocence. Crunchyroll sponsors 3 new cons, 2 mangakas nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame, Annie Awards honor Kyoto Animation victims, and a seiyuu fired over inappropriate comments! Meanwhile in Japan... The new virgin killing sweater trend, tenant told to shut because his rapping sucks, and a maid cafe manager kidnapped and beaten by the yakuza?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, a follow up with the Nessa wig debacle, more Fruits Basket, ASMR Charmander to help you sleep, and Aoi Yuuki hands out a slap as a prize! Also, more Love Live! School Idol Project, Netflix streams Studio Ghibli, but there's a catch, voice actor Brice Armstrong passes, and Madman Anime raises funds for Australia wildfire! Meanwhile in Japan, a man arrested for licking the ear of a stranger he fancied, Osaka mayor wants to restrict kids smartphone use even in their own homes, and Tenga at it again with masturbatory aid shaped chocolates?! And now The Hot Topic of night, is ahegao clothing okay to wear at cons?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, Yoshitaka Amano does Vogue Italia, Lilo & Stitch's Stitch gets it's own feudal manga, a Taiwanese cosplayer gets elected... Also, concerns about the Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション memorial site, Pokémon Sword and Shield with DLC, cosplayer steals a wig at MAGFest, Mariya takeuchi hits the Oricon (オリコン) Music Charts, aggressive photographers at ComicMarket コミックマーケット, and the true story of KFC and Japan during Christmas... Meanwhile in Japan, man beats fast food worker for missing nugget, a teacher arrested for forcing schoolgirl to wear collars and leash during lesson, and Adult Cream Pie coming to McDonald’s Japan?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, it's the 2019 year in review! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, IchigoGami (in Twitch chat), and WildSpice Cosplay as they go through the podcasts' top stories of the year, their own reflections on this year and the future... Wanna know what the top stories are? Gotta tune in!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Shoko Nakagawa picked as Olympic Torchbearer! Johnny Yong Bosch picked as new voice of Broly in Dragon Ball franchise, but is there controversy?! Japanese law changes to allow for screenshots, what's up with Riko Sakurauchi and 7-Eleven Japan? Crunchyroll acquires majority stake of VIZ Media Europe, Alita: Battle Angel, POKÉMON Detective Pikachu, and Kingdom Hearts 3 nominated for Annie Awards, along with Alita: Battle Angel getting an Oscar nomination! Meanwhile in Japan, a lawyer comments on the legality of tattoo ban from hot springs, traditional bullying in schools, the return of Mayonaise Man?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... The Otaku Summit 2020! What is it! We'll tell you! Neon Genesis Evangelion 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン returns to Shinkalion, changes in Japanese law that effects talent agencies and former clients, what does Edward Snowden have to with Lupin III? The return of Tokyo Mew Mew, with a twist! Captain Harlock's seiyuu passes, and Pokémon manhole covers in Hokkaido! Meanwhile in Japan... A senior citizen arrested for excessive complaints... A taxi runs over man and then drives into wall... And a busty Japanese YouTube chef sells ad space on her chest?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Is the end for Vic's lawsuit?! The judge hands own the sanctions! Our thoughts! Also, a woman is arrested for selling fake Anime Weekend Atlanta passes, a Japanese otaku politician to end censorship, the sales of Pokémon Sword and Shield! Akb48 Cafe&Shop Akihabara closes, サザエさん - Sazae san gets the Guiness record for it's long run, controversy about a manga involving a 40 year old and a high schooler, and the best Rumiko Takahashi anime and characters?! Meanwhile in Japan, crossdressing baseball players in beauty contest... Harajuku station to be demolished after Olympics... Japanese cafes join in on Frozen 2 fever?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's episode, DJ Ranma S tells us about his adventures at Anime NYC 2019! Then in local news, we have the update on Vic's lawsuit... Haven't we dragged this on enough already? Star Wars kabuki play, and Peter Cullen receives lifetime achievement award! Meanwhile in Japan, 130 yen for a cheap hotel room with a catch... You can now have A drink at the Olympics... Japan's heat solution for the Olympics is a step back...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportTonight, we discuss Shikkaricon 2019, and the Youmacon Artists Alley debacle! Meanwhile in Japan... Is that JoJo reference... A man created his own biohazard... And a woman tricked out of her money and underwear?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Vic Mignonga's reckoning! The verdict is in and we talk about it! Also, the Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション fire... Another victim, and more rebuilding... What's this? A Naruto collab with Coach and Michael B Jordan? Bushiroad pushes forward with a theater troupe and stage plays! A Certain Scientific Railgun is back, Sailor Moon "Girls Night Out" cafes, and Fate/Stay Night joins up with AXE Body Spray to fight the funk?! Meanwhile in Japan... Police officer arrested for clogging toilets, elderly person steals bike seats, and buy Starbucks Coffee with a pen?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, Mako-chan discusses a historic Japanese hotel run by the same family! Also, Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション victims are no longer in a life threatening situation, Pokémon GO adds a new region, more Fruits Basket, drama with an AKB48 member, Love Live All-Stars game date is announced, Sirfetch'd's inspiration, Sanrio Puroland helps with the zombie apocalypse, and a Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba seiyuu blocked by the official account? Meanwhile in Japan, Friends cafe in Tokyo, kanji toilet paper, and the story of a kid who became a flutist on the Zelda soundtrack!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we drop a few kind words about Colossalcon East, pay tribute to Robert Axelrod, discuss shoujo rap battles, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai The Movie, and a new Pokémon anime! Also, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind kabuki play, new Pokemon x Tamagotchi crossover, and Studio Trigger did what with Steven Universe?! Meanwhile in Japan, a blacklight stamp to ID gropers, a bar where the staff thanks you, Tenga teams with mechas, and a tsundere pizza from Domino's Pizza?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... The chaos and turmoil of Colossalcon East! And what happened with Canada's Anime Revolution? Did they really let a serial harasser in the con? MechaCon Anime Convention wraps it up, Shanghai police seize bootleg anime merch, and Pokémon Masters launches this week! Also, a new Rurouni Kenshin escape game, a new Love Live! School Idol Project single, and a brand new Ghost In The Shell manga! Meanwhile in Japan, 5 free beers for your ramen, strip club booth guy gets fishy, and getting cat pics?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... A cosplayer gets freaked out at Comiket, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's producer comments on the future of anime, good news from Kyoto Animation about works on display! Also, a new Lupin the 3rd documentary, Neil Gaiman's role on Princess Mononoke, Hayao Miyazaki honored again, AnimEigo's new kickstarter tops out, and a special Sazae san? Meanwhile in Japan, an arrest over a fire extinguisher, tsundere cats, and a popular blanket?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show...We catch up with World Cosplay Summit and the winners, what happened with Arisia, Inc., and live action Cowboy Bebop and Ein! Also, what's up with Billie Eilish and Nozomi Tojo? An arrest at Square Enix over a possible KyoAni fire threat? And an Otaku Summit 2020! Meanwhile over in Japan, a bank questions a man about an odd deposit and answer, ultra nutritious Nissin instant ramen, and a one handed Tenga vending machine?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... It's a two for one convention special! IchigoGami joins us for Otakon 2019, then DJ Ranma S and Mako-chan discuss BronyCon 2019! Then after the reviews, we talk Aggretsuko, Gundam model kits, and issues with Galaxy Express 999! Finally on Meanwhile in Japan, winner of the Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix get Original Cup Noodles? World Cosplay Summit hijinks with local mayor and governor cosplaying, and no more hair dying for Tokyo students?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We some updates in regards to the Kyoto Animation fire, and some of it is good news! We also pay respects to Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse... Fairy Tail comes to an end, new Digimon film shows the 02 crew, Pokémon Duel comes to an end, and a physical altercation from a Pokémon GO gym battle?! Meanwhile in Japan, language causes anger over "beached" shark, Hideo Kojima stopped at US customs for plastic pod baby, and a stalker tries to mark the object of his affection with tainted lotion?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We take a moment to pay respects to Kyoto Animation and the tragedy that happened... Then we discover that the tables may have turned on Vic Mignonga in his lawsuit... And Tokyo in Tulsa put their dealer's room where?! Pokémon GO x One Piece crossover and the epic Dragon Ball Z record break! Meanwhile in Japan... a Police Academy instructor gets a little too real with his demonstration, a bubble tea amusement park, and a man arrested for underwear theft?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Sailor Moon news! New movies and an ice capade! Also tonight, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure references in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? Japan Expo to host the premiere of Gundam Reconguista in G, the final season of Attack on Titan, and Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma hits Toonami! Meanwhile in Japan, the debacle over Kim Kardashian's trademark, man approaches teen claiming to be her husband in a past life, and an idol singer retires and opens a ramen shop?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Japanese Go Kart company owes Nintendo a lot of cash, Japanese artists creates samurai characters for each flag of the 2020 Olympics, Comiket コミックマーケット restricts crowds with wristbands, and the Pokémon fandom is upset again... But about Pokemon Sword and Shield... And tonight we're bringing back the Open Forum! Tonight we discuss the re-release of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and what went wrong... Meanwhile in Japan, a Japanese Man arrested with Wario drugs, a slug disables train system, a panty thief is acquitted on charges due to ownership, and a teacher uses math to simplify anime series!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... A sad moment in Pokémon, with a plush! Also, is the anime industry in crisis mode? New visuals for Netflix's Ghost In The Shell, reveals for the Dr. STONE anime, and what is Yuasa Masaaki working on? We pay tribute to Yuzuru Fujimoto, the final three tasty chapters of Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, and Hirohiko Araki thanks Sherlock Holmes for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure? Meanwhile in Japan... Tokyo accidentally promotes child abuse, a boy band idol profusely apologizes for drugs, and a goat joins an idol group?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We a night and day difference with cosplayers and makeup, an adult video star discusses the seedy underbelly of the anime industry, a new anime con in Texas, Anime Frontier! Voice actress Aya Hirano (平野 綾) will hold her fist concert in 4 years this summer, Toei Animation wants fresh blood in the industry as well as hosting a contest to pitch your anime! One anime director talks about the direction of anime and what he would and wouldn't do, and Aggretsuko season 2 dub! Meanwhile in Japan... An illustrator draws different types of perverts on the train, a worker gets fired and slices up sushi revenge, a singer is criticized by her Instagram photo, and the body soap for women that's popular by men?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Pokémon: Detective Pikachu comes to Nintendo Switch with a NEW ending! Also, Sailor Moon Myu hits next year, Rebecca Sugar to host the intro to Whisper of the Heart, Akira Toriyama is knighted in France, awesome Pokemon shirts are coming overseas, Detective Conan mobile game is released in a couple of days, and Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma manga comes to an end... Meanwhile in Japan... Olympics picture ban... Thief steals train brake handles... And Kfc Indonesia brings us crispy chicken skins?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Listen to our thoughts on CloverCon and Nezumi Con 2019! Then we discuss the latest fallout from AnimeNEXT, the delay of Sonic The Hedgehog live action film, thoughts on Dragon Ball: Evolution from a former Dragon Ball editor... Funimation sued over a patent infringement, a winner in Uniqlo's contest disqualified, and blessed be, season 2 of Aggretsuko! Meanwhile in Japan, man claims he wasn't drunk, but his body produces alcohol, man accused of assaulting his wife over YouTube videos, and a real life Yandere girl, stabs man 27 time because she loves him too much!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, new anime from Ghost in the Shell producer, get a credit when you pre-order Pokémon Sword and Shield, Attack on Titan wraps up, and we find Sailor Moon fan art from Yoshihiro Togashi! Also on the docket, more about Kalafina, dub cast for Cells at Work, mysterious CDs left around town, Plastic Love gets a music video, Geodude becomes an ambassador, did Ikuhara work on your favorite cartoon, and Armpit anime men... Meanwhile in Japan, teen boys caught peeping into girls hot spring, son finds live fish in parents fridge, and offering to talk about your interests may just stop solicitors?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... The cast talk POKÉMON Detective Pikachu, the numbers, the movie, unofficial music video and other cool stuff! Puella Magi Madoka Magica tops poll for best Heisei yuri, New Sailor Chibi Moon Proplica compact, Hello Kitty and the Sanrio Grand Prix, Sonic The Hedgehog co-creators thanks the fans, and 8 other Sonic cartoons better than the movie art, and a mangaka drink and draw! Meanwhile in Japan, a little sister love letter gacha, a train station uses disturbing chime to announce train boarding, and a drunk senior bites off friends fingers?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show...The live action cast of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon reunite and it's feels so good! Also, a one-shot Death Note manga, new licenses from Discotek Media and Yen Press, Sonic The Hedgehog film director says that there will be changes to our blue hero! New Code Geass film, with a 10 year plan... Famed artist Yoshitaka Amano draws Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and more on the Kill la Kill video game! Now, Meanwhile In Japan... Man walks up to police with knife demanding fruit and money, another jumps off a bridge to celebrate, ends up in something that's not water, and teens arrested for tying rope across a road!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... DJ Ranma S discusses Castle Point Anime Convention 2019! Also, Yoshitaka Amano designs a Magic: The Gathering card, a plush for a period themed manga, and what's up with the new Boruto arc? Also, a Princess Leia Organa themed Star Wars manga, renting a 300-year old samurai-era house, and Comicfesta guarantees the next hit manga becomes an anime! Also, Jessica Nigri has some very import words of wisdom... Meanwhile in Japan, NGT48 heartfelt message, driver graduation ceremonies to help the elderly, and thank you with a can of air?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... IchigoGami tells us about her trip to Japan! Also Colossalcon's panel controversy... And are other conventions just as bad for this? We'll also discuss Vic Mignonga's lawsuit, TV TOKYO apologizes over unprofessional conduct, new dubs from Sentai Filmworks, and get snazzy with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure gear! Meanwhile in Japan... A bad lobster bike gang arrested, really bad school rules, and honesty when paying taxes in convenience stores?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... New game from the people that made BanG Dream Girls Band Party, winners from the seiyu crown contest, and an arrest in a BitTorrent case? Also, a very valuable Pokémon card, a Love Live x New Japan Pro-Wrestling marriage, and an Orphen stage play! A Yahoo Japan workers tampers with site, for free manga, more live action Rurouni Kenshin, and a Studio Madhouse hospitalized?! Meanwhile in Japan... Latest update on NGT48, women only gym with free donuts, and cops are on the looking for a porn gifting man?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... New seasons of Cells at Work, The Promised Neverland, and Hi Score Girl announced! Revue Starlight Re LIVE mobile game, Cowboy Bebop casting revealed, Vocaloid producer passes, and Neon Genesis Evangelion bath salts? Also, Love Live! μ's website hijacked, new Japan Self-Defense Force mascots, and new Sonic The Hedgehog movie trailers? Meanwhile in Japan, teacher gives buzzcut to a student, "Weird Al" Yankovic tours Japan, a song about poo, and breast milk for crowdfunding?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... April Fool's jokes in the industry. Also, DJ Ranma Sand Mako-chan discuss Sailor Moon Super Live - NYC! Then, a Japanese company has a brutal honest exercise on sexual harassment... Kameha Con responds to guest cancellations, Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) spin-off game is canceled, Fruits Basket mangaka explains anime differences, Sakura Kinomoto and Twitter have something special, and Crunchyroll increases prices. Meanwhile in Japan... Teen arrested for roof pooping, more interesting April Fool's stuff from Japan, and a masturbatory rice aid?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, it's Zenkaikon 2019 - Official! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, and WildSpice Cosplay as they take through all four days of the con, right in the heart of the Amish country! And if time permits, we mosey on over to Meanwhile in Japan where a family finds a stranger sleeping in their house, a naked woman running through a train station, a restaurant farewell party, and an update on an idol apology...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Our favorite, residential lolita IchigoGami gives us an amazing dissertation on bs with Scarfing Scarves (Relax, we're on her side, we like her!), AnimeNEXT changes their bag check policy, and there's mixed reviews... A new cyberpunk cafe in Tokyo, Hello Kitty celebrates 45 years, outer senshi are added to the 4D Universal Studios Japan (USJ) attraction! World Cosplay Summit One Piece trophies are revealed, Full Metal Panic gets relicensed, and Osumatsu-san appears in Black Clover? Meanwhile in Japan, a cosplay thief is arrested, create electricity with virgin power, a name change for, "His lordship, the prince", and a man arrested for stealing workboots?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Celebrities weigh in on the term 'Comic Con', brand new Pokémon games, new Captain Harlock manga, and a new Detective Conan smartphone game! Funimation adds tiering options to its service, and it's not bad! An animation prep school helps the industry, Japan Cartoonist Association responds to new copyright laws, voice actor idol group celebrates 10 years, and an anime song label shut down... Meanwhile in Japan... A man reported for saying hello? Police say there's more... Concert canceled due to adult video game, and someone tell grandpa that's not a vase...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Release dates for new Pokémon movie, a light novel is canceled over an argument, and mourn the passing of a voice actress... Spider-Man beats Mirai at the Oscars, Fruits Basket theatrical screenings, Cells at Work calendar for giving blood, Banpresto dissolves and falls into Bandai Spirits, artists complain law in regards to pirated media screenshots, and what titles are leaving Crunchyroll? Over in Meanwhile in Japan...Microwave chips recalled due to fire hazard, Man arrested for hitting cop that interfered with his Pokémon GO game, and Man arrested for selling modified Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) figures?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, IchigoGami brings us a rundown of Katsucon 2019! Then more info on Vic Mignogna, which hopefully brings a lot of drama to a close. Also, another scummy cosplay photographer owns up to his transgressions, we hear about #MeToo from Japanese voice actors and actresses. Funimation announces some of the cast for Fruits Basket, Alita: Battle Angel cashes in hard on the big scree, and the top 20 anime dances... Where's your favorite? Meanwhile in Japan... Museum of poo opens up, Japan public broadcasting collectors leave threatening notes, and a stolen pair of antique jeans lead to arrest?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we discuss Funimation's recent news, more Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, a kickstarted for an anime about a food truck, changes at Bandai with company acquisition and new president. Also a historical Tokyo bookshop closes, and a brand new Battle Angel Alita doll is in the works! Over in Oh Japan... Japanese idol singers offer bottles of their used bathwater to fans at eye-popping price, a man arrested for hair licking, and a street racer granny don't give a shit!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show...We discuss more about #MeToo allegations, and an Attack on Titan editor is sentenced to jail... New Lupin III film, another Digimon movie with the original DigiDestined, and a theatrical run for Howl's Moving Castle's 15th anniversary! A Veteran animator gives advice on wages, Hello Kitty gets the Hollywood treatment, and Yuji Naka (creator of Sonic The Hedgehog) gives his thoughts on the upcoming film. Meanwhile in Japan, a sorta knife wielder, a frozen streaker, and udon over drugs?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... Nintendo to open a flagship store in Tokyo, 4th Neon Genesis Evangelion film is in production, 20th Century Fox is sued over Alita: Battle Angel, and we have a giant, life sized Bumblebee transformer near it's life sized Gundam counterpart! Also, Crayon Shin-chan spinoff is for the dogs... Two people arrested for selling fake Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) merchandise, and a Lupin III game that allows you to heist jewels! And over in Oh Japan... An adorable jackass otter gets own series, winning a years worth of ice cream, and Ariana Grande's tattoo?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We discuss the Vic Mignogna issue, a rumored father and son project at Studio Ghibli, and Rumiko Takahashi wins a prestigious award! Netflix is at it again, with Resident Evil, updated Toonami lineup, アニメ『Back Street Girls －ゴクドルズ－』 gets live action series! Sequel for POKÉMON Detective Pikachu, free global manga service, and a line Pokémon themed dress shirts! Over in Strange News From Japan, 6000 calorie sushi, getting cozy with a cockroach, and why you shouldn't brag about your mad ninja skills...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonght's show, we discuss the Crunchyroll Anime Awards... Will there be more drama? How did Dragon Ball Super: Broly fare in theaters? Changes at Comiket コミックマーケット as well as self-care. Updated pilgrimage sites for anime tourism, ownership changes at Project: A-Kon, and World Cosplay Summit hosts One Piece cosplay competition! Over in Strange News From Japan... Japan standardized English test launches weird meme, "tights world" on the loose, looking to ask the tough questions, police break up a fight between BanG Dream fans during Osaka concert?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportAnd we're back from break! On tonight's show, we're talking MAGFest 2019! This is DJ Ranma S and Ari Rockefeller's second trip, but Mako-chan's first, so let's the stories! Also, tragedy at Animé Los Angeles, and how you can help! And over in Strange News From Japan, A Naked man arrested on a stranger's balcony, a public broadcaster films innocent science experiment at well known porn location, and an idol apologizes for causing commotion over attack at her home?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's FINAL episode of the year... It's our Christmas show! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, Mako-chan, WildSpice Cosplay, Yunie (in spirit, her internet died), and IchigoGami as they look back over holiday thoughts (good and bad), gifts, family, and also the most outlandish Strange News From Japan! Wanna know what those are? Gotta listen in!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn this week's show... As we countdown to the holiday special... Netflix is back with a new Ghost In The Shell series, Rumiko Takahashi announces a new manga, Pop Team Epic is popular with Yahoo! JAPAN（ヤフー）, Pokémon Trading Card game might be hitting smartphones... Issues with Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) mobile game, and an idol's even so popular it was canceled! Also in Strange News From Japan, cops called to break up brawl by drunk cops, book store employees harassed by dicks, and school tells skirt wearing students that they learn better with cold legs?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn this week's show... New Blade Runner anime from Adult Swim, Neon Genesis Evangelion returns, with controversy. A new hero in Precure, live action Cowboy Bebop, and fans are butthurt. YouTube shuts down manga spoilers, Tamagotchi Eevee sold out, and Kaito kid is at it again! And over on Strange News From Japan, a drunk Japanese VP stumbles into girls bathing area on field trip, urinates, loses job, another man arrested for pretending to visit another store for virtual points, and a man fired for being more educated than he claimed...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn this week's show, we discuss upcoming details on Fruits Basket, along with Pokémon Tamagotchi Eevee, as well as Eevee Day! Brand new Lupin III special, Boku no Hero Academia / My Hero Academia stage play, and HunteR X HunteR goes on hiatus... Again. Over in Strange News From Japan, a naked man found in a locker, mom claps back hard at die hard Frieza fangirl, drunk in a wheelchair?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn this week's show, join That DJ Ranma S Guy and Ari Rockefeller as they talk about Another Anime Convention 2018! Then if time permits, we discuss the latest on Sailor Moon Sailor Stars! New Devil May Cry anime, and a popular convention game show host retires! And over in Strange News From Japan, an otaku has an expensive wedding for his 2D bride, man arrested for pretending to visit a shopping center almost 3 million times, and a man arrested for telling a woman he just wanted to rub her boobs?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We pay tribute to the man, Stan Lee. Also, the return of Fruits Basket! The POKÉMON Detective Pikachu trailer is out and thoughts! A composer of Dragon Ball Z music gets a senate seat, a misprint with the Super Mario Bros 3 book, and a Sailor Moon super collector gives the unforgettable birthday gift! And over in Strange News From Japan, learn how to win a large intestine scarf, how to assure a window seat, and sea urchin CUP NOODLES?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn this week's show... IchigoGami tells us her adventures in NekoCon over the weekend! Then we find out Goku is in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Back Street Girls get a feature film, a brand new Record of Lodoss War, and what happened at the Bowsette convention in Japan?! Over in Strange News from Japan, Halloween event in Shibuya goes awry, show your love by marking your territory, and licking an ear?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week's spooktacular show, a mangaka asks people stop scanlating his work, =Haruhi Suzumiya= cracks a 25-year old math stumper, and police arrest a man selling rare bootleg Yu-Gi-Oh! cards! Also, latest Pretty Cure movie end up in the Guiness Book of Records, a Tokyo host club does a special photoshoot for female cosplayers, a Kunio Kun stage play, and a twist on unisex kimonos! Over in Strange News From Japan, KFC Japan personifies its new sandwich, get a Tokyo Ninja Guide, and an innocent baby toy FROM HELL!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, an anime voice actress tells a fan the harsh truth, Funimation and Crunchyroll divorce, Godzilla gets a constellation, Miyazaki Hayao documentary in December, BABYMETAL member leaves, the passing of Nobuo Tanaka, and Gundam robotics kits! Over in Strange News From Japan, a man punches taxi driver for refusing to drive poopy friend, what is up with that moon, and throwing a bike out the window to vent?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, exotic animals at Super Megashow / Megafest? Also, Elon Musk wants mecha, pass a test to become a made man in the Passione mafia from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Part 5 : Vento Aureo, Digimon Adventure Tri gets a street date, ask Detective Conan mangaka about the Black Organization, final numbers of My Hero Academia: Two Heroes film, and Eevee invades Animal Crossing! Also, in Strange News from Japan, a superintendent resigns for saying "you" incorrectly, ice cream to quiet your kid, and a calculator as an instrument?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, what happened with Anime Fest at NYCC x Anime Expo? Pop Team Epic in trouble, final season of Voltron: Legendary Defender, Tokyo Ward mayor apologizes to mangaka after an incident, Yu-Gi-Oh! creator starts new short manga, and classic Yu Yu Hakusho chapters to appear in special Shonen Jump! Over in Strange News From Japan... A university employee caught spending 50 hours a month looking at manga porn, a senior arrested for stealing a single grape, and a man strikes sleeping woman in head after she leans on him while asleep?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we dig into the Princess Bowsette phenomena! Also, a producers kidanpping charges are dropped, Funimation to stream the final season of Fairy Tail, and Alita: Battle Angel pushed back... Again. Ronin Warriors/ Yoroiden Samurai Troopers to get special event, Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia gets a 4th season, and Badtz Maru joins Gudetama for cafe collab! Over in Strange News From Japan, a toilet paper debate, worked injured at a love hotel, and a penis shaped skyscraper in China?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, grab your schoolbooks, it's back to school time! But tonight, Detective Conan to go on a hiatus, dub cast for Osomatsu-san, Funimation picks up the Death Note live action films, new Macross film and concert! Also, Lupin III hits Universal Studios Japan (USJ), Bob Epic Team special, Eevee gets her own song n dance, and Bandai Namco acquires Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA! In Strange News From Japan, Japanese twitter shocked over salary of Simpson voice actors, Olympics offer to pay volunteers and still not impressed, and lastly, a teen offers to catch purse snatcher, ends up helping the robber!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, it's a two for one convention special! First, it's IchigoGami, as she talks about her adventures at Dragon Con! Then it's That DJ Ranma S Guy and Mako-chan discussing J1-Con Anime & Gaming Expo! And wrapping things up in Strange News From Japan, Conan O'brien meets up with Hideo Kojima (小島秀夫, Japanese cop loses gun while guardian the Prime Minister, and a KitKat Bar?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, we'll discuss what happened at Colossalcon East this past weekend, and break things down! Then what happened at Manilla Idol Matsuri? Why are the idols to blame? Then in Strange News from Japan, Issues with Conan O'brien's trip to Conan Town, university offers free and discounted tuition... With a catch, and Japan's number one cosplayer talks Comiket!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, it's Otakon! Join DJ Ranma S, WildSpice Cosplay, Ari Rockefeller, and IchigoGami as they tell you of their epic 4 day adventure! Then if time allows, find out who won at World Cosplay Summit, new titles from Sentai Filmworks and Discotek Media! And in Strange News from Japan, a social apartment in Japan to have 20 seat theater for private movie showings, a Tokyo politician creating and selling manga at Comiket, and the study on the effects of training in higher gravity, ala DBZ?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we talk the science behind Pokémon, One Punch Man, and other animes. More Digimon is headed our way, and a new Pokémon movie this fall. Kaito Kid is at again with stealing Detective Conan statue, Love Live Sunshine's Dia Kurosawa joins GranBlue Fantasy, more news about Love Live！Sunshine Project film, and another person is arrested in the Love Live sewer cover theft! Over on Strange News From Japan, the cheeseburger that isn't messing around, updates on ninja shortage, a 9 million dollar yen award, and a Buddhist priest tells it like it is?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, long lost American Sailor Moon footage! Rumiko Takahashi inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry AwardsHall of Fame, new Mega Man anime on Cartoon Network, and what's going down with Voltron: Legendary Defender! More info on My Hero Academia movie, and an updated Alita: Battle Angel trailer! In Strange News From Japan, a woman arrested for stealing 17 grand from a convenience store, a man arrested for naked romp, and win chicken for a year by naming this statue!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we discuss the NYCC/AX clusterfuck, the return of Attack on Titan and a cleansing campaign for it. One Piece x Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma spinoff, Sanrio x Pop Team Epic collaboration, and Funimation brings Cowboy Bebop back to theaters! An episode of Pokémon is banned, and Japanese voice actors cover Disney songs! And in Strange News From Japan, a man arrested for groping woman after pretending to be blind, Madame Tussauds in Tokyo offering free haircuts, and a private onsen with a karaoke machine?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, an update to the Ingress anime, and Sapporo apologies for their mistake. New info on Love Live！Sunshine Projecttheatrical film, and updates on Otakon guests! VIZ Media brings us more JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and live action Gundam?! Netflix brings us more anime premieres, and another update on the Love Live School Idol Project manhole covers! And in Strange News From Japan, East Japan Railway Company to install cameras in all trains to cut down on crime, life size anime figure exhibition in Tokyo, and Uncle Nipple strikes again?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportCongoer makes a threat at Anime Expo, so be safe out there! TOKYOPOP's Stu Levy causes drama at AX, and the return of the Venture Brothers! Jim Carrey ~ to play Dr. Robotnik in the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog film, and The Incredibles 2 smashes records! Animation Guild suspends one of their own for sexual harassment, Sailor Moon Crystal to bring back a series designer, and a cosplayer job site opens up in Japan! And in Strange News From Japan, new Sapporo ad features creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, school girl stays home to make a point, and ultra-literal otaku bathing habits?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, Osaka earthquake followup! Also long awaited Pokémon GO updates! New Kill la Kill game, important message from Precure, Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) movie freebies, Pop Team Epic hits Toonami, and a mother honors her son with Shonen Jump magazines. And in Strange News From Japan, Japanese citizens celebrate a delayed train, the internet bonds over and a gift, and a weather person presents ad libs total cuteness!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we discuss the FanimeCon debacle with a vendor, new Jump Force anime fighting game, and Netflix's season three of Castlevania... But where's season 2? the pillows US tour, what happened to the Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) manhole covers? And a new idol anime, and it's... Different. Then over in Strange News From Japan, a new cat cafe brings a piece of history, throwing star tournament to feature gold shuriken, and a mother sets a trend to traumatize her daughter for years to come?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy opens up on his views on Thundercats Roar... Then he, Mako-chan and Ari Rockefeller discuss Castle Point Anime Convention and CloverCon! Also tonight, new Magic Knight Rayearth merchandise, Sailor Moon movies hit US theaters, and Pokémon GO get updates with Alolan forms! And wrapping it up in Strange News From Japan, famous actor measures people's bust, officer resigns over sniffing shoes, and why are whistles being stolen?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy brings us a heartbreaking story that touches us all in one way or another... Then we discuss a mangaka that publishes a book about sexual minorities, which reveals a big secret? New Nintendo Famicom Mini for Shonen Jump, along with new Sailor Moon novels? A professor uses Godzila to teach Japanese history and politics, a fanboy takes his fandom too far with a toilet, and TV TOKYO creates a business for licensing anime! In Strange News From Japan, teens busted for pot because of foreign musicians, man arrested for living in an elderly woman's house, and a civil servant arrested for harassing a teen for a date?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We're talking Zenkaikon! Join the whole cast and crew of the show as they go through all four days (including day 0) of the convention! And over in Strange News From Japan, obverly expensive elementary school uniforms causes a teenager to threaten with a knife, a man looking to buy sneezes, and the jokes keep coming from Coca-Cola Japan!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week... What happened with Universal FanCon?! We get in deep! Also great news about Gunsmith Cats! New Love Live! School Idol Project ( ラブライブ！) mobile game, tailors to the Queen of England make a spiffy, high end Gundam cosplay! New Bubblegum Crisis blu-rays, and the return of the Rurouni Kenshin manga, and with controversy... And in Strange News From Japan, big sumo dudes jumping, officially spring, a bladed duel between garbagemen, and a shogun arrested for being a pee-ping top?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, why is there a lifesize Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid figure at a school? Also, a new Super Sentai project featuring Sentai moms! Pokémon to arrive to Universal Orlando Resort, new Sakura Taisen and Record of Lodoss War videogames! And virtually marry an anime character? Also in strange news from Japan, sumo association bans even 5 year old girls from the ring, idol group disbands after premiere event due to too many differences, and a sickle fight?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, we pay respect to one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli who passed. Also, the Japanese government asks ISPs to block unauthorized manga sites, and Funimation licenses Ai Tenchi Muyo!! Rumiko Takahashi to start a new manga, Niantic settles Pokémon GO fest lawsuit, and what went wrong with Osomatsu-san? In Strange News From Japan, a woman is arrested for literally kicking ass, fan attempts seppuku in front of retiring idol, and repeated recording of "thank you" for better tasting candy?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, the hosts talk about April Fool's pranks done by the anime, manga, and game industry out of Japan, and then they crew get on their soapboxes and discuss in detail how today's anime fans have it good! Then in Strange News From Japan, Taiwanese man throws soup in a woman's face for being touched by hair, ex-soccer player collects poop, and male window silhouettes for women that live alone... Also, what happened to episode 351?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI（official）is casted in an anime, City Hunter is back with a new film, and the long awaited Gunsmith Cats kickstarter! New Cute High Earth Defense Club Love anime starts next month, and what's up with Shaman King? A Hello Kitty bullet train, and an Oregon tourism video done up Studio Ghibli style! And in Strange News From Japan, a follow up to last week's article about idol group and no dating, new bathroom signage for a bathroom, and a toilet that gives the best poop ever?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, info about Boku no Hero Academia season three! Also, Fuji Television and Niantic team up for an Ingresss anime, Fujiko Mine and lingerie, a Tokyo Beyblade bar, the Tokyo Yuriten Fair canceled, and a Shonen Jump cafe that brings back the 90s feels! Also in Strange News in Japan, a store clerk confuses a robber, an escape from Godzilla game, and Coke chu-hi?! Plus breaking news about Kalafina and Dragon Ball Z!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, we're wrapping up stuff from Katsucon, along with news about Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of Rurouni Kenshin! Also, idol magicians anime, trailer for Detective Pikachu, winners of the 2nd annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, a Pop Team Epic teaser, and three new mangas in Shonen Jump! In Strange News From Japan, man arrested for calling employment office 159 times in 2 1/2 hours, a hot spring advertising for rival business, a road rage attack by sword, and sleep with a sexy daikon body pillow?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, we talk how Blade Runner inspired one mangaka, and his series. NIS America, Inc. suffered a data breach, Yoshitaka Amano draws artwork for The Shape of Water. We mourn the passing of David Ogden Stiers, and we cover the voices he has done. Death Note CCG comes to the US, and the 50th anniversary Shonen Jump library and visual on display in Tokyo, and vote for the best Gundam! And in Strange News from Japan... 2020 Olympic mascots are chosen, now to name them, idol group manager bans all gifts sent by fans, and a boy pees on elevator buttons as a prank, and ends up with swift karma justice!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we're talking Katsucon! Join IchigoGami and WildSpice Cosplay as they breakdown the ups, downs, ins, and outs of this con with That DJ Ranma S Guy! Plus our Skypeline for one night only, so if you went to the con, give us a call at AnimeJamSession! Also news about Sailor Moon if time permits! And in Strange News in Japan, a school opts for flexible clothing, farts of beautiful women with a rap battle, and male dance idols get a GPS plushie?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportMore COVID-19 event cancellations to report, plus what's the issue with Mushoku Tensei, and Yashahime dub cast announces new voice for Miroku! Also Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train is now the second highest grossing film WORLDWIDE, Sailor Moon escape game hits Japan, and an online one for Hunter x Hunter too! Meanwhile in Japan, Olympics possibly moving to 2022, earthquake hits Japan, and a 21 year old arrested for sending nudes to an old woman?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportPossible Scott Pilgrim anime? We're hoping! And a HD remaster of the game too? Hoping for that too! Also Aniplex USA announces Aniplex Online Fest... We might have mentioned this. Life-sized Rem - Re:Zero figurine for sale, Studio Trigger and CD PROJEKT RED drops the Cyberpunk 2077 anime on us, Neon Genesis Evangelion celebrates 25 years with a new soundtrack with new and rare tracks, and Motoko Kusanagi graces the cover of a fashion magazine! Meanwhile in Japan, E-sports for seniors, new Japanese social media platform just for positivity, PAC-MAN celebrates 40 years with sake, and 必勝客 Pizza Hut Taiwan brings us ramen pizza?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we celebrate Ash Ketchum's victory, as well as a Digi charat reunion! Brand new Neon Genesis Evangelion 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン mobile game with figures, and the return of Sakura Taisen!!! Also man arrested with replica Lupin III gun, Super Nintendo World opens next year, man arrested for selling Love Live! μ's body pillows, and TOKYO GAME SHOW hits high numbers! Meanwhile in Japan, a KFC dating simulator, AI generated scent for your crush, and K͟e͟a͟n͟u͟ R͟e͟e͟v͟e͟s͟ appears at Tokyo Game Show!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThe hosts discuss conventions, the changes they face, and then some on Geek Roundtable. Also, Niantic makes good on their Black Lives Matter donation, T.M. Revolution and Golden Bomber's Kirisho take over Pokémon Journeys TV theme, and Hello Kitty gets a copyright ambassador. Plus, get your hands on Evangelion NERV rations, and the truth is revealed... Dragon Ball Z is actually cartoon porn, as said by a Florida congressman candidate... Meanwhile in Japan, amusement park offers screaming mask stickers to guests, former SKE48劇場 executive arrested on child prostitution charges, and sake for candy cigarettes?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we're chilling out with the squad again with another casual show! Also tonight, another season of Castlevania, ComicMarket コミックマーケット 98 cancelled, Pokémon Sword and Shield expansion, and a surprise appearance in the new Doreamon movie trailer! Meanwhile in Japan, new Olympic dates, convenience store mix-up, free pizza for at home sakura viewings, and new Japanese escape game in English?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, it's Another Anime Convention (AAC)! Join DJ Ranma S and Ari Rockefeller as they both tell you their stories of an amazing New England convention! After that, Mako-chan brings us the news! Live action The Promised Neverland, young Naruto joins Boruto on the next arc, more on the upcoming Pokémon anime, get your anime tour on, update on former NGT48 idol, and do anime studios really fare on their sales? Meanwhile in Japan... Pager service ends, an airport Twitter account is shut down due to underage, backlash on idols selling "dates"?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show... We have our first guest since joining Twitch! Join DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and IchigoGami for a round robin style interview with Trixal Cosplay! Then after with timer permitting, we have news! LA Dodger fans get a treat with Attack on Titan, possible Dragon Ball Z history at San Diego Comic-Con International, and Boruto cameo in Pokémon Sun and Moon? Meanwhile in Japan... A serial crapper stinks up Akihabara, naked chicken taco comes to Japan, and Japanese diners banned from restaurant in Japan?!
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This week, Crunchyroll to stream JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Part 5 : Vento Aureo, anime producer arrested for kidnapping, Pokémon's Professor Oak has a new voice! The passing of Asou Miyoko, Card Captor Sakura gets a smartphone game, Dragon Ball Z's Goku, aka Masako Nozawa comes to New York Comic Con, and why did Conan O'brien travel to Japan? And in Strange News From Japan, a pro basketball league for voice actresses, no pooping sings in the street, a man robs a store with a hair trimmer?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure art exhibit, Toei Animation begins digital distribution, more Death Note and Bleach coming to Netflix! Pokémon hits Twitch, and what did Masako Nozawa adlibbed with Goku? In Strange News From Japan, what not to do get ride home when you're drunk... Pays to be rude? And how serious is the idol business?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, That DJ Ranma S Guy tells Ari Rockefeller and IchigoGami about Liberty City Anime Con, so check out his thoughts! Also, winners of WCS, new Power Rangers film, and Yukito Kishiro's thoughts on the Alita: Battle Angel film. 66 pounds of hentai confiscated, and the passing of seiyuu Unshô Ishizuka... An in Strange News From Japan, how not to forget your phone in the bathroom, a new obon dance, and fairy tale ice cream?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportThis week, as we prepare for Otakon... A Black Butler themed cafe, special screening of Transformers: The Movie, and manga publishers join in on an anti-piracy campaign! Also, Perfect Blue special screening, Pokémon GO tourism packages in Japan, and Digimon kicks off their 20th anniversary! Also in Strange News from Japan, an educator embezzles funds for mobile games, Tokyo businesses asked to open doors and windows during the Olympics to help cool off runners, and the government's newest plan to fight overwork!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy discusses his adventures at BoroughCon 2018! Then we find out about new JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime and screening! Three brand new remastered Dragon Ball Z films, and an hd version of Cruel Angel Thesis? Then in Strange News From Japan, newest Japanese mascot want to show you her panties, an earthquake reveals a porn stash, and the 12th annual table flip contest!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, anime is a big export, and on that note, water is also wet! ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン / Universal Studios Japan (USJ) extends Sailor Moon run, seiyuu for 蜡笔小新 Crayon Shin-chan steps down, and rep your Pop Team Epic pride! Neko Atsume VR game, theatrical release for Shingeki no Kyojin, and Lum (Urusei Yatsura) turns 40! In Strange News From Japan, a fish market robbery and a clean up thief, AKB48 CDs are literal trash, and man arrested for punching a boy in the head…
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, That DJ Ranma S Guy and IchigoGami discuss Escape Velocity 2018 in Washington, DC! Then we find out about the Pokémon GO lawsuit settlement, Love Live School Idol : Sunshine uniform backpacks, new Lupin III English dub, and we say farewell to Saban, due to Hasbro's buyout! And in Strange News From Japan... How to take a bath with 10,000 friends... Teacher arrested for bathroom videos... And an idol fan kicked out an event due to merchandise?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, we discuss the upcoming Black Butler movie, the Attack on Titan videogame from CAPCOM, and the title for Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! anime! We pay tribute to musician Paul Gordon, and we discuss the top eight things we hate about cons... And do we agree? And on the Open Forum Topic, we as of something similar, what's the worst thing you have heard, seen, or said at an anime convention? And on Weird News From Japan, illegal porn ring busted, whiskey flavor chocolate, a low cost inn for Japanese cosplayers, and this airline ruined on person's Valentine Day...
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, it's Love Live! School Idol Project! That DJ Ranma S Guy, Mako-chan, and Ari Rockefeller talk about the new spinoff show, Love Live Sunshine, the ranking of the anime in Japan, a member of µ's is Sega's new cover girl for Puyo Puyo, and how many people are playing the mobile game? Also, anime and coffee, does it work? And Pokemon GO, what's up with that?! We ask on our Open Forum Topic, what's your starter Pokemon? And in Strange News From Japan, a guy gets into a fight with SoftBank's robot, what does a Japanese Pro Wrestler eat, and a foregin worker gets no respect in Japan?!
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's program, we tell you all something cool that Kyle Hebert is up to! Then we talk about the new One Piece and Love Live! School Idol Project movies! What's going on with the Ghost in the Shell stage play and why were two people arrested at the Pokemon World Championships? The life of Mako Makinsho in art, and 30 popular English songs in anime! Over on the Open Forum Topic, we ask you all, what American song you want to see in your anime? And wrapping it up with Strange News From Japan, a university student is arrested, woman's loin cloth, and a love hotel perfect for cosplayers?
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/supportOn tonight's show, DJ Ranma S, Ari Rockefeller, and Mako-chan have a treat in store for you! Live on tonight's show, we interview Barracuda Cosplay! We will talk to her about how she got into cosplay and the infamous image about cosplayers charging for photoshoots, and we will take your calls! We then ask the Open Forum Topic, "We see a lot of cosplayers cosplaying from popular animes, mangas, video games, comics, movies, etc... But have you seen anyone cosplay a character you don't see at cons, or is there a character you would like to see that's not done?" And in the News From Japan segment, an officer arrested for molesting a girl, youth arrested for YouTube prank video, and sake in a can!
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